Self Control Is Not Natural

My friend Paul sent an e-mail pointing me to an article that describes an experiment. In the experiment, it was shown that self-control, even in others, creates stress.

Makes you wonder -- in this culture of more-than-plenty, does our resistance to self-control represent an evolutionary selector? Where, in the past, over-indulgence helped a human survive, it now leads to obesity and heart disease.

Something to think about.

Also, as I've been learning from my Great Courses books, most cultures consider moderation to be a fundamental good. Socrates taught it. Confucius taught it.

So, perhaps for as long as Man has been aware, we know that our base desire for over-indulgence existed, but was ultimately bad for us.


[Photo my Mark Klotz. Yummy!]